[PATCH] Document panic_on_unrecovered_nmi sysctl

[Bernhard Walle]

This adds "panic_on_unrecovered_nmi" sysctl to
Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt. The text is mainly taken from
http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/43/217998.html.


Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@xxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index f566ad9..d2f77d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -1322,6 +1322,18 @@ debugging information is displayed on console.
 NMI switch that most IA32 servers have fires unknown NMI up, for example.
 If a system hangs up, try pressing the NMI switch.
 
+panic_on_unrecovered_nmi
+------------------------
+
+The default Linux behaviour on an NMI of either memory or unknown is to continue
+operation. For many environments such as scientific computing it is preferable
+that the box is taken out and the error dealt with than an uncorrected
+parity/ECC error get propogated.
+
+A small number of systems do generate NMI's for bizarre random reasons such as
+power management so the default is off. That sysctl works like the existing
+panic controls already in that directory.
+
 nmi_watchdog
 ------------
 
-- 
1.6.0.2

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